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Dell Dimension 1100/B110 User Manual

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b. Gently swing the drive toward the bracket and align the two screw holes on the other side of the drive with the

screw holes on the bracket.

c. Insert and tighten the two screws that secures the hard drive to the hard drive bracket.

5. Install the hard drive bracket containing the hard drive:

a. Insert the two bracket tabs into the two bracket securing slots inside the computer.

b. Rotate the bracket toward the front panel and align the bracket screw hole with the screw hole in the chassis.

c. Replace the two screws that secure the bracket to the computer.

6. Connect a power cable to the drive.

7. Connect the data cable to the drive and to the system board (see

System Board Components

).

8. Close the computer cover (see

Replacing the Computer Cover

).

NOTICE:

To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network wall jack and then plug it into the computer.

9. Connect your computer and devices to electrical outlets, and turn them on.

See the documentation that came with the drive for instructions on installing any software required for drive operation.

10. If the drive you just installed is the primary drive, insert a bootable floppy disk into drive A.

11. Turn on the computer.

12. Enter system setup (see

System Setup

), and update the appropriate Drive option.

13. Exit system setup, and restart the computer.

14. Partition and logically format your drive before you proceed to the next step.